User blog comment:DarkSlayer 3/Theories/@comment-7738747-20130723071503/@comment-775152-20130724021106

True, but it's the best source we have at the moment and, as far as I'm aware, there's nothing in the games to contradict it. Kind of like the ".45 Art Warks" and "For Tony Redgrave" engravings on E&I, right? Nero is there whether you/we want him or not, and this novel is about the best explanation we have for "why" he's here.